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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy [videorecording] /written by Douglas Adams ; producer, Alan J.W. Bell ; BBC.

Contributor(s): Jones, Simon, 1950- | Dixon, David, actor | Dickinson, Sandra | Wing-Davey, Mark | Vernon, Richard, 1925- | Davison, Peter, 1951- | Jones, Peter, 1920- | Adams, Douglas, 1952- | Bell, Alan J. W | Leadon, Bernie | Kingsland, Paddy | BBC Video (Firm) | Warner Home Video (Firm) | British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: [South Burlington, Vt.] : Burbank, CA : BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2002, c1981Edition: Standard format.Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0790766086.Subject(s): Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Prefect, Ford (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Life on other planets -- Drama | Hitchhiking -- Drama | Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Prefect, Ford (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction | Hitchhiking -- Fiction | Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Prefect, Ford (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction | Hitchhiking -- FictionGenre/Form: Videodiscs. | Television mini-series. | Comedy television programs. | Science fiction television programs. | Television adaptations.DDC classification: [Fic] | 823/.914
Production Credits: Editor, Mike Robotham, Glenn Hyde ; music, Bernie Leadon, Paddy Kingsland.
Cast: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Richard Vernon, Peter Davison.Voice: Peter Jones.Summary: Arthur Dent leaves the Earth a few minutes before it is demolished by an alien wrecking crew. He is guided by his friend Ford Prefect, an interplanetary hitchhiker, and the book The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.
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7-adult

DVD; stereo.; mono.

Subtitles in English.

Based on the radio program The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Richard Vernon, Peter Davison.

Voice: Peter Jones.

Editor, Mike Robotham, Glenn Hyde ; music, Bernie Leadon, Paddy Kingsland.

Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1981.

Includes pop-up production notes, four production featurettes, Douglas Adams retrospective, radio program production featurette, crew interviews, deleted scene, outtakes, stills gallery, Peter Jones introduction, trailer.

Volume one contains feature; volume two contains bonus materials.

Container indicates feature is closed-captioned; it is not.

Arthur Dent leaves the Earth a few minutes before it is demolished by an alien wrecking crew. He is guided by his friend Ford Prefect, an interplanetary hitchhiker, and the book The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

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